Peltos whistle-stop

Pelto
Åker
Request stop
Coordinates 60°11′58″N 24°37′34″E / 60.19944°N 24.62611°E / 60.19944; 24.62611Coordinates: 60°11′58″N 24°37′34″E / 60.19944°N 24.62611°E / 60.19944; 24.62611
Owned by State Railways
Line(s) L[1]
Tracks 2
Other information
Station code Plt
History
Opened 2 January 1931
Closed 28 May 1995

Peltos whistle-stop (Finnish: Pellon seisake, Swedish: Åkers hållplats) was a railway halt in Espoo, Finland midway between Espoo railway station & Kauklahti railway station, about 1.8 km from each.

Peltos halt was opened on 2 January 1931. The whistle-stop was planned to be abolished in 1978 but due a local small hospital and the wishes of a few locals it remained. The Peltos halt was very rarely used as the area is in a field and has very few houses near it. On 28 May 1995 Peltos whistle-stop was abolished due to extremely low number of users (estimated 5-20 per day.) There is currently nothing remaining of the whistle-stop; even the crossing was abolished in 2006. L train was the only train that stopped on Pelto, only if the passenger requested.

References

  1. Jape Ruotsalainen. "Resiina – 27.05.1995 / Espoo, Pelto". vaunut.org. Retrieved 15 Jan 2013.
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